In judging the entries to Twin Cups I enjoyed seeing many good pieces. It was particularly enjoyable to see the cups presented as a set and to take in the dialogue between the sets of cups.

The cup is such an iconic form in pottery, generally small, intimate and unassuming but capable of really codifying an articulate aesthetic position. The aesthetic range of works in Twin Cups range from elemental atmospheric fired works, design based works, sculptural presentations, works with a painterly orientation and warm and inviting functional works.

I tried to select a range of aesthetic orientations in the work selected. Going through the entire group of images many times I wanted to recognize works that seemed to occupy their aesthetic, whatever it was, in a clear, convincing and confident manner.